#181 SAVANNAH BETHEA INTERVIEW: MISS SOUTH CAROLINA EARTH 2021

Twenty-seven year-old Savannah Bethea will represent South Carolina at the Miss Earth USA pageant in January 2022. She majored in studio art at the historic women’s college, Converse College, with a focus in welded sculpture and oil painting. Also a musician, Savannah sings and writes her own songs and is self-taught on guitar and ukulele.  She’s the founder of Jeans for Teens, a textile waste and landfill diversion project that has reached ten states and partnered with organisations and companies such as Cotton incorporated, Keep America beautiful, Billiam Jeans and Raleigh Denim Workshop. She plans to make her non-profit work a full-time job in the future.Savannah also volunteers in her community and has removed four hundred pounds of litter by herself from a local nature preserve. Her number one goal is to avoid performative activism and create meaningful impact for our planet.Connect with Savannah:https://www.instagram.com/savannah.bethea/⠀---⠀⠀Be more than just a queen. Make an IMPACT. Join our sorority:⠀⬇️⬇️⬇️⠀http://thepageantsorority.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thepageantproject.com/subscribe